Publications and Working Papers

• Regional Convergence in Bangladesh Using Night Lights. Applied Economics Letters, 2022.
  (with Syed Abul Basher and Salim Rashid)
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• COVID-19 ‘Immunity’ in Dhaka Slums: Do Genes Matter?
  (with Syed Abul Basher, Jobaida Behtarin, and Salim Rashid)
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• Losing a Gold Mine? arXiv Preprint, 2023.
  (with Syed Abul Basher and Salim Rashid)
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• Estimation of District-Level GDP Using Night Lights: The Case of Bangladesh. [R&R – World Development Sustainability], 2023.
  (with Zaeem-Al Ehsan, Syed Abul Basher, and Salim Rashid)
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• Landscape Report on Existing Financial and Logistic Services in the Agricultural Sector in Bangladesh. CGIAR, 2022.
  (with M. Mehrab Bakhtiar and Raisa Shamma)
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• Evaluation of a Livestock Financing Project in Bangladesh. CGIAR, 2023.
  (with Kate Ambler, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, and Alan de Brauw)
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• Bridging the Smallholder Finance Gap: Collaborative Research with WeGro in Bangladesh. CGIAR, 2023.
  (with Kate Ambler, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, and Alan de Brauw)
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• Take-up and Earnings from a Livestock Financing Project. CGIAR, 2024.
  (with Kate Ambler, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, and Alan de Brauw)
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• Impact assessment: Char Development and Settlement Project. IFAD, 2025.
  (with Alan de Brauw and Julia Wagner)
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• Show me the money! Experimental evidence on preferences for cash vs. digital payment, IFPRI Discussion Papers. CGIAR, 2025 (with Kate Ambler, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, and Jeffrey R. Bloem)
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• Risk aversion and credit access: Solving financial exclusion through contract innovation, IFPRI Discussion Papers. CGIAR, 2026 (with Kate Ambler, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, and Alan de Brauw)
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